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Footwear Care Tips

Take care of your Scruffs footwear and it’ll last longer. To ensure best use and wear it’s strongly recommended that Scruffs footwear is inspected and cleaned regularly. The following tips show you how:

Cleaning

Remove stones & debris from the sole unit.

On leather footwear wipe mud from all surfaces using a damp cloth and water only.

On fabric footwear a cleaning gel can be used in addition to the above if required.

Rubber soles can sometimes develop a white powdery surface. This can be wiped away easily using a damp cloth.

Drying

Avoid wearing footwear that’s wet from previous use.

Always allow footwear to dry naturally in a well ventilated area. Never force dry it with direct heat sources (radiators, heaters etc.).

Treating

Make sure that the footwear is dry before application.

Moisturise leather uppers regularly to prevent cracking. Use either a good quality cream for a matt finish or boot wax (best applied with fingers) for a polished shine. Pay special attention to the seams and tongue gusset.

General

Suede and nubuck can’t be made totally colourfast. Take care not to mark carpets and furnishings.

All Scruffs safety footwear is manufactured using both synthetic and natural materials that conform to all relevant sections of EN ISO 20345:2004 for quality and performance.

The footwear is designed to protect the wearer from injuries that could arise from working in relevant sectors.

All Scruffs safety products are fitted with steel or composite toecaps to protect the wearer’s toes against risk of injury of falling objects and crushing when worn in work environments where potential hazards occur. The footwear has the following protection plus, where applicable, additional protection. Impact protection is 200 Joules. Compression (crushing) protection is 1,500 Newtons (marking code SB).

Additional protection can be provided. The specific level of protection provided by your Scruffs safety footwear is identified on the inner tongue label of the product as follows:

Marking

Description

A

Antistatic range of 100k and 1000M

P

Penetration resistance of 1100 Newtons

E

Heel energy absorption 20 Joules

SB

Compression protection 1500 Newtons

HRO

Resistant to hot contact 300°C

ORO

Oil resistant outsoles

WRU

Water penetration resistant uppers

Where combinations of the additional specified features apply, the following markings are applicable:

Marking

Description

S1

SB + A + E + closed seat region

S2

As S1 + WRU

S3

As S2 + P + cleated outsole

It is important that the Scruffs footwear selected for wear must be suitable for the protection level required and the wear environment. Where a wear environment is not known, it is very important that consultation is carried out between the seller and the purchaser to ensure, where possible, that the correct footwear is provided.

All Scruffs footwear has been tested for slip resistance, but cannot guarantee to prevent slips. Hence, care must be taken when on slippery surfaces.